l33t-Speak Gets Legit; ‘W00t’ selected as Word of the Year

Miffed that Facebook finished in the number two slot in the 2007 Word of the Year competition? Or that sardoodledom didn’t end up higher in the list? What word, l33t-speak or otherwise, do you think should end up in a print edition of Webster’s? Submit your top picks and vote!

Often thought to be an acronym for "we owned the other team," it’s generally used as a cheer. You know, like when you kick-ass in a level 60 instances in the Outlands. No word yet on whether the winning entry will end up in a print edition of the dictionary. Fellow Wired blogger Susan Arendt posted earlier today about the geek-speak winning entry:

"The ‘vast majority’ of voters chose ‘woot,’ which MWO defines as an interjection expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word ‘yay’…This doesn’t meant that ‘woot’
will ever find its way into the print version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, but it ups the odds a bit. Today ‘woot,’ tomorrow ‘pwnd’! "